Ex-Louisville commitment Quentin Snider to visit Memphis Tigers

Quentin Snider, one of the best available senior point guards in the nation, has scheduled visits to UCLA, the University of Memphis, Illinois and UConn, his father said Saturday.

Snider will take an official visit to UCLA on Labor Day weekend, followed by an unofficial visit to Memphis the next weekend. The family will take a weekend off before officially visiting UConn and capping off the tour with an unofficial visit to Illinois.

A visit to Cincinnati is also in the works.

“These are the schools where he has an opportunity to come in and play early,” Scott Snider said. “The coaches have established relationships early on, also. We don’t wanna say we’re narrowing our list, because something else may come up, but right now these are the first four or five schools we wanna take a look at.”

The 6-1, 150-pound Snider, a former Louisville commitment, is rated four stars by recruiting services. His father described him as an “attacking” point guard who is capable of beating his defender off the bounce as well as knocking down the long ball. Snider made 96 3-pointers last season at Ballard High School (Louisville, Ky.).

With signee Pookie Powell’s qualifying status undetermined, it’s paramount that the U of M finds a high-level guard to run the offense in 2014-15 after seniors Joe Jackson, Geron Johnson, Chris Crawford and Michael Dixon depart.

“What attracts me is they’re bringing in Nick King, and I love his game. They’re bringing in Austin Nichols, Dom Woodson, Kuran Iverson — it’s a great young class, and it seems they’re lacking a point guard,” Scott Snider said. “It looks like he can come in and fight for some playing time early.”